Fail Closed AI Agent Guardrails: Why Empty Is Not Safe
An empty HOME migrated my real database. An empty git status force-deleted four worktrees. Five fail-closed rules for AI agent checks.
$ grep -r "#ai-agents" ~/blogs # my words, with labels
$ ls ~/write/connections
my posts, connectedThese are my #ai-agents posts. I made the connection; you get the links.
An empty HOME migrated my real database. An empty git status force-deleted four worktrees. Five fail-closed rules for AI agent checks.
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